During a visit to Irving this week, Perry said money from Fund 6 should not be diverted to nontransportation-related projects, the DBJ reports. Fund 6 is the state highway fund, made up of gas taxes, vehicle registration fees and federal reimbursements.

“Infrastructure is a major reason businesses decide to expand or relocate to Texas, and while we have been more than competitive in attracting employers, we have to keep up with demand,” Perry said. “Bleeding that money off to other projects puts us at a disadvantage.”

He said his Texas Budget Compact proposal “to practice greater truth in budgeting” includes ending the Fund 6 diversions, the newspaper reports.

“Committing to the core conservative value of truth-in-budgeting will maintain our national economic standing,” Perry said.

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